ALAMEDA

The city of Alameda is co-sponsoring its fourth annual Retail Job Fair for permanent and temporary holiday-season positions available at the Alameda Landing and South Shore Shopping Centers and other nearby locations. The fair will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at the South Shore Shopping Center, across from Trabocco and Charming Charlie.

The Retail Job Fair will have hiring representatives from Macy’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, Walgreens, Starbucks and many more regional and local employers. Currently, 19 businesses have registered with more than 250 open positions. The businesses will recruit for various positions, including sales associates, baristas, security officers, cooks and warehouse associates. Job seekers should come prepared with resumes and dressed in interview-appropriate attire.

Job seekers can register in advance at 2018alamedajobfair.eventbrite.com to receive additional information and a reminder for the event. The event is co-sponsored by the city of Alameda, the College of Alameda’s One Stop Career Center, Alameda Landing, the South Shore Shopping Center, the Alameda County Workforce Development Board and the Alameda Chamber of Commerce.

— Sarah Henry, city of Alameda

AMP to join Fleet Week safety demonstration Saturday

Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) will play a role in educating the public on its potential roles in emergencies in an exercise led by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) as part of San Francisco Fleet Week. An agency under the U.S. Transportation Department, MARAD focuses on waterborne transportation matters involving national security, safety and shipping.

AMP will participate in MARAD’s emergency response demo and Fleet Week open house at Pier 50 in San Francisco from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 6. MARAD’s ship, the MV Cape Horn, will be docked at the pier and open to the public. Under MARAD’s direction, AMP emergency response personnel will board the ship with utility trucks, which AMP would likely use in a large-scale emergency.

— Kathleen Haley, Alameda Municipal Power

Island resident Greenside publishes book, ‘End of Tunnel’

Alameda resident Mark Greenside’s new book, “The Night at the End of the Tunnel or Isaiah Can You See?” is available on Amazon and at Books Inc. in Alameda. (courtesy of Mark Greenside)

What happens when the major institutions fail to do their jobs? Read Mark Greenside’s new book, “The Night at the End of the Tunnel or Isaiah Can You See?” to find out.

It’s set in the late 1970s and early 1980s in New York City, and nothing works. No place is safe. The streets are filthy, and the subways are worse. Trust is committing suicide — love is abused, and institutions and individuals are corrupt, corrupted or corruptible. The city and country are disintegrating. Enter two of the unlikeliest characters you’ve ever met — think Charlie Brown meets Mr. Natural, or Alfred E. Neuman in the “Heart of Darkness.” All these guys want to do is survive, and they do—but in a way neither they nor you can imagine.

The “Night at the End of the Tunnel” is available on Amazon and at Books Inc. in Alameda. Mark Greenside is an Alameda resident and the author previously of “I’ll Never Be French” and “(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living.”

— Mark Greenside, contributor

Library to show documentary ‘Before the Flood’ for free

The Alameda Free Library is proud to present a free screening of “Before the Flood” at 2 p.m. Oct. 7. This program will be held at the Main Library, 1550 Oak St., and is open to all. No registration is required.

From Academy Award winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Oscar-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, “Before the Flood” presents an account of the dramatic changes now said to be occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society could take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

The film follows DiCaprio as he travels to five continents and the Arctic speaking to scientists, world leaders, activists and local residents to gain a deeper understanding of this complex issue and investigate concrete solutions to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time. More information about the film, which will open Oct. 21 in theaters and air Oct. 30 on the National Geographic Channel is available at www.beforetheflood.com.

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